This site is pretty big, and it has a lot a lot of stuff about the wt. What makes you think WT would not be interested or at the very least concerned? Prior to this site, JW were pretty much in the dark regarding the elders, policy and perspective, and forensic analysis of WT teachings through the years, blood and child abuse policy. -Not that it changes anything regarding what JW already know, or their faith, but it does change what some JW believed they knew- and besides that, some JW resented being subjugated to the power the elders had over them having secret knowledge about policy and it made some JW feel bad because of it. The site brought the elders to the same level as everybody else in the congregation, Elders have no more secret knowledge over anybody else, except private stuff about individuals, and no one wants to know that, or cares to know that. Average Joe W was lucky if elders gave them a tidbit of information, always begging like a puppy dog for a hint. And if you were DF, zilcho , if not minus one. Also, any DF JW trying to make a comeback would not even get the KM while the rest of the world had it Secret knowledge does not control JW anymore. Not that it changes JW faith at all, but the information could help a JW to make a more informed conscience decision that perhaps a JW would have trouble with because an elder could not help because of political reasons. -Not that JW does not want to submit to authority or want to challenge anything at all, but JW have a more perspective view with more information.
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How do we know the WTS monitors this site? Can anyone tell me for sure?
by LevelThePlayingField ini keep hearing this in threads.....
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World Wide Construction comes to a Shuddering Halt - Jehovah's Blessing has Evidently been Suspended!
by Slidin Fast inthe chelmsford project in the uk has already come to a halt and every one has been sent home.
the bethel family in london is to be cut by several hundred.
my impression is that most ambitious youngster in the org dream of being involved with the building program.
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This is the biggest news since Oct 1, 1914 and the best confirmation is calls to branches with conflicting information. How in the world is it possible to keep information like this under your hat when it involves thousands of people doing construction around the globe and possibly millions having knowledge. IT would be like hiding the sun with your finger. You don't need an announcement, it would be self evident. I suppose anything is possible though, but it is out of phase with wts protocol. They don't do stuff like this, stooping the work all of a sudden without any prior hints, not unless because some sudden unexpected event. People would know this by now. -
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It's 110% impossible to deny now: Video evidence of the Chile flags
by ILoveTTATT2 inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0auklk0uq8&feature=youtu.be.
this video leaves no doubt whatsoever.
the person who took the video got really close and the video clearly shows that the flag is behind the glass and behind the bars protecting the kingdom hall.
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It's 110% impossible to deny now: Video evidence of the Chile flags
by ILoveTTATT2 inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0auklk0uq8&feature=youtu.be.
this video leaves no doubt whatsoever.
the person who took the video got really close and the video clearly shows that the flag is behind the glass and behind the bars protecting the kingdom hall.
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A simple explanation for the financial changes
by JeffT inas i've mentioned from time to time, i'm a retired accountant.
i have tried many times to come up with some logical, sound business reason why the wtbs has made the big changes in its financial arrangements: taking the congregations savings, the monthly donations per congregation etc.
i finally came up with the answer.. the leadership of the watchtower society is batshit crazy.
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The GB does not handle WT finances as NHK did. It is delegated to clever cookies, very qualified to administer WT money. The WT knows what it is doing. -
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A simple explanation for the financial changes
by JeffT inas i've mentioned from time to time, i'm a retired accountant.
i have tried many times to come up with some logical, sound business reason why the wtbs has made the big changes in its financial arrangements: taking the congregations savings, the monthly donations per congregation etc.
i finally came up with the answer.. the leadership of the watchtower society is batshit crazy.
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Whey should their handling of money be any different?
They've been around for over 100 years.
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Latest rumor - all WT construction "suspended", except for Warwick
by sir82 inheard 4th-hand, but from a full-on believer, so not likely to be an "apostate lie":.
apparently, at bethel's morning worship this morning, it was announced that all worldwide wts construction is "suspended" for an indefinite time, except for the new world headquarters at warwick.. also, the "relocation" of remote translating teams is also suspended.. finally, there will be a "worldwide" reduction in bethel personnel.. all this came to me in a non-english language, and,as noted, 4th-hand.
so it is possible something may have been lost in translation and/or in the multiple steps between bethel morning worship & me.. but if true, it would be quite stunning.
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......courts decimate them.
My money is on the WT.
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Latest Leaked BOE letter to Elders Oct. 4th
by Watchtower-Free inoctober 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
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Laymen meetings instead of ordained ministers are all.
there's essentially no difference between the two magazines now
Too many watchtowers. One is enough for all.
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Help Me Undertand...
by DarioKehl inaccording to the 2014 annual report:.
"worldwide, there are 115,416 congregations of jehovahs witnesses and 8,201,545 publishers.".
i don't understand how the borg is facing financial difficulty.
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They are in the top 40 riches companies in the world.
You are right. And the work, and a lot of materials are donated, and besides that, tax exempted, and the money from the sale of the Brooklyn properties alone, and besides that, investments to generate more money. WT has the money to complete its projects. These projects are done very cheap. Even locally, there are always individual JWs with $$ that will finance KH building if necessary.
Squibb building was built on quicksand and it was sinking into the Hudson but volunteer engineers and workers got that major problem solved very cheap.
But the bigger the machine, the more energy it needs to work. Book publishing ain't what is used to be, -but "it ain't over until the fat lady sings."
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Is the WT SLOW-ly Changing the importance of the Door to Door preaching work to something more profitable?
by John Aquila inits been a couple of weeks since a new c.o.
was appointed to the circuit and im starting to hear tidbits of his talks..
one brother told me that in one of his talks he asked the question; .
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The WT will never discontinue d-d preaching unless they are planning to discontinue preaching altogether.